Hose-coupling.



E. E. GOLD. I

HOSE COUPLING.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 24, I914.

INVENTOR 1,14:5,364. V PatelitedJlily 6, .1915.

WITNESSES: M-

0LUMBIA PLANOORAPH 60.,WASHINOTON, D. c. v

I E ARD E.

OLD, OF'NEW YORK, NLY" Assre von To com GAR EA'riNGueLIGHTING COMPANY, on NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATIONOFNEWIYO'RKQ To all 'whom z't may concern: BeQitfknOW n,thatlfI, EDWARD E. GOLD, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing in the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Hose-Couplings, of which the following is a specification.

26', 1895. The invention is equally applicable, however, forlthepurpose of retaining fixed gaskets in position.

' Theinvention consists in the provision of.

' means whereby the gasket retaining spring is, positively held in position and is enabled I to at all times/perform its function of re.-

taining the gasket in its proper place, notithstanding the rough usage to which it may'besubjectg 1 v The invention al'sorelates to the method of assembling the gasket and its retaining de- C -"I.

A desirable? embodiment of the invention "s illustrated wherein-" Q Figure 1 is a plan view principallyin sec-' tion of a coupler head having an oscillating gasketequipped with my invention. Figg2 is/a view illustrating a portion only of the coupler head witha'difi'erent" form "of retaining spring. *Fig. '3 is a section of a portion of acoupler headv equippedvwith a fixed responding to flange D on the body A. The

gasketjhaving a still further form'of retainingspring. I Y

. My invention is illustrated in "connection with a direct port couplef'of the familiar Goldftype, wherein mating'and" interlocking couplefheads' are employed. "I-have illustrated only. one couplerhead andthis has'a body A fromwhich extends anarm B that overlaps the body of the mating coupler and is provided with a flange C that engages overvthe flange on the mating coupler corgaske't or v seat E may be formedof any de- My invention relates to couplings suchas removal therefrom. a a 1 I The form in 'which'the spring is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, to wit, bybendinga portion of the rod into "a spring infthe accompanying drawing,-

't My invention is applicabl either an oscillatinggasket'or a fixedgas- Specification of Letters IE atentq Patented J1 l1y 6, 1915. Application filed A ri124,1914. se ialivejss ijioef I A pressible Inat'erialisuchas som'easbestos cornpositi0n.

. Accordingto invention a spring'f'H is provided 'forthe purpose of retaining the gasket in position whichis preferably made v ofwlre. This spring isvm ounted upon a rod I, andthepreferred Way of mounting the same is by having itsends looped around the l ends of the rod so that the spring may freely contract on the rod when inserted into the coupler. I prefer-to arrangei'this rodolia metrically with'respect to the gasket, and 1ts ends are located within seats or recesses i g g? there n. This'rod is provided withfzaspring'portion z'which may be compressed andwhich when it is lcompress'ed brings the ends of the rod nearer together. This'yi's for the purpose ofenabling the convenient" in sertion of the rod loop, I have foundto; work lvery sati's within. the gasket or factorily, In this formasuitable tool such as a pair of strong pliers m ay beiemployed to grip the spring loop and co'mpressthe same sothattheends of therod may freely be passed within the bore of the gasket and opposite the" holes 9 I 9 whereupon when the spring loop is released the ends ofthe said rod willspr'inginto the 'openingsin the H securely in position. j a i a The body'of the spring H extend'sflwithin gasket and' 'hold the "gasket-retaining spring the'boreof the coupler; and is provided with outward bulges so that the spring will-compress on insertion, and that when? inserted these bulged-portions jwillekte'nd into rethe gasket in position'by contact I) wallof thesaid recess; y

Br-use with portion e which fits in a corresponding annular seat eat" the end of the 'coupler.' 'In cess'es in the couplerand hold the spring-and th c pring with the shoulder forn'lingf-the front the fixed gasket the 'Ef'isusuaHy rectangular cross-sectioncn itsinner'lside and ls recelved in a similarly shapedseat a 1n the coupler... Both form'sof couplers are usually provided with an; inner r ng F, and

in carrying my invention into effect the'rod I enters within this ring and may pass through the same and'be seated in the body of the gasket.

My invention is desirable for both forms of the gaskets illustrated by reason of the ease of assembling the gasket and spring and of the certainty with which the gasket is held in position and of the fact that the spring may be employed to fit various makes of couplers. Devices of this character are subjected to very rough usage. The coupler heads are heavy and awkward to handle and considerable force is required to couple them together, and when the train is in motion they hang near the roadbed and frequently are hit by flying stones- For these and other reasons it is not an uncommon thing for gaskets to be unseated permitting the steam to escape. This is particularly true in the case of oscillating gaskets where it has frequently happened that in coupling the extended arm B would hit the side of the-gasket.

The gasket in the form heretofore used has usually been inserted with the spring horizontal as the oscillation of the gasket in assembling is vertical. It will therefore be seen that if in assembling the arm B should hit the side of the gasket near the end of the spring, it would cause the gasket to ride down in its seat, compressing the spring. The ends of these springs in the patented constructions heretofore referred to have been secured directly in the gasket body. The result has been that the end of the spring frequently was forced out of its seat and rested upon the wall of the gasket and in the longitudinal strain involved in a second coupling was forced out of the gasket, andno retaining device at all was then in use. My invention, it will be seen, overcomes this and it further enables the spring to be inserted in any manner without regard to direction of oscillation of the gasket.

, Various forms of spring may be employed as desired. In Fig. 1 a spring somewhat of a u shape is illustrated. Here the bulged portion h is illustrated as engaging in an enlarged part of the bore of the coupler formingshoulders k In Fig. 2 the bulge h is illustrated as being formed in a spring of somewhat V-shape. In Fig. 3 the bulge h is somewhat more pronounced and is expanded into a groove 7?, forming shoulders [a which retain the spring in position.

The method of assembling the gasket and its retaining spring which are described in connection with the description of the parts, may be performed by handor by suitable machinery, as desired. r

The life of the gasket body is not very great and according to my invention the spring and ts re ai ing od may be ea i y removed from the gasket and inserted in a new gasket and the method of doing this will be the same as that by which the parts were assembled, to wit, by compressing the spring loop in the rod it may easily be withdrawn from the gasket.

I have illustrated the most advantageous method now known to me of constructing the said invention, but I do not intend to be understood as limiting the said invention to the particular construction of the parts so illustrated, as the spring rod may be differently constructed and the retaining spring may be differently constructed or supported on the said rod. These and other modifications within the appended claims are within the limits of my invention.

I claim as my invention p 1. In a hose coupler having locking devices, and a spherical. recess receiving an annular gasket havinguniversal motion, means for retaining said gasket in place comprising a separate rod having a spring portion adapted to be compressed to permit the insertion of said rod in seats in said gasket, or its withdrawal therefrom, said spring normally tending to hold said rod in position in said gasket, and said rod when in position extending substantially diametrically of the bore of said coupler, a spring mounted on said rod and extending in the bore of said coupler and engaging behind a shoulder in said bore.

2. In a hose coupler having locking devices, and a spherical recess receiving an annular gasket having universal motion, means for retaining said gasket in place comprising a rod having a spring portion adapted to be compressed to permit the insertion of said rod in seats in said gasket, or its withdrawal therefrom, said spring normally tending to hold said rod in position in the gasket, and'said rod extending across said bore when in position, a wire spring with its ends bent around said rod so as to slide thereon andwith its body adapted to extend into the bore of the coupler, said body having outwardly bulged portions, said wire spring adapted to be compressed on its in sertion into a coupler and a shoulder in the bore of said coupler behind which said spring may engage.

3. Retaining devices for a hose coupler gasket comprising a rod having a spring portion and extending across the bore of the coupler and having its ends anchored in the opposite walls of the gasket, and a seats in said gasket or its Withdrawal there;

from, said rod extending substantially diametrically of the bore of said gasket when in position and said spring loop normally tending to hold said rod in place, and a retaining spring carried by said rod andadapted to extend into a bore of a coupler and engage behind ashoulder in said bore.

5. Retaining devices for a hose coupler gasket comprising, a rod having an integral depending spring loop and adapted upon compression of said spring to be shortened so as to permit the insertion of said rod in seats in said gasket or its withdrawal therefrom, and said spring loop normally tending to hold said rod in place, and a separate wire retaining spring having its end bent around the ends of said rod so as to sllde thereon and having a body provided with outwardly extending bulges adapted to extend into a coupler bore and engage behind a shoulder therein. I

6. A hose coupler gasket and retaining devices therefor comprising a rod having a spring portion which is adapted to be compressed to enter the rod in seats therefor in the gasket, a separate spring having its ends connected to said rod and having a body provided with outwardly bulged portions Gopies of this, patent may be obtained for tend mm a, coupler bore, and'havin out ward bulges in each side of said bodyadapt'r ed to engage into an enlarged part of 'said ,bore.

8. Afigasket, a rod extending diametrically thereof; and having its ends secured to the gasket, said rod having an integral spring 1 portion, and a separate, retaining spring mounted on said rod.

- 9. A gasket, a rod extending diametri- ,cally thereof and having its ends secured to the gasket, a rod having a spring loop 7 [formed therein, and a separate retaining spring mounted on said rod.

and a retainer therefor Which consistsv in a providing a gasket with oppositely disposed" A:

recesses, in looping a spring over a rodihaving a sprlng portion, 1n compressing the.

spring portion of said rod and inserting the ends thereof into said recess.

11. The method of assembling a gasket;

and a retainer therefor which consists in I providing a gasket with oppositely disposed recesses, in forming a depending spring loop n a rod 1n looping the ends of a springover the endsof said rodand in compressing the'said spring loop and, insertingthe ends; 5

of the rodin said recesses. In witness whereof, I

have hereunto signed my name -in the'presence of two subscribing witnesses. v I a p EDWARD E. GOLD. Witnesses: 1

CHRISTOPHER A. MORAN, F. W. DEARBORN.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. i

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